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1.1     ! root        1: .\"    @(#)uux.1c      6.3 (Berkeley) 4/24/86
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .TH UUX 1C "April 24, 1986"
        !             4: .AT 3
        !             5: .SH NAME
        !             6: uux \- unix to unix command execution
        !             7: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             8: .B uux
        !             9: [
        !            10: .B -
        !            11: ] [
        !            12: .B -cClLnprz
        !            13: ] [
        !            14: .BI -a name
        !            15: ] [
        !            16: .BI -g grade
        !            17: ] [
        !            18: .BI -x debug
        !            19: ]
        !            20: command-string
        !            21: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            22: .I Uux\^
        !            23: will gather zero or more files from various systems,
        !            24: execute a command on a specified system
        !            25: and then send standard output to a file on a specified
        !            26: system.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: The
        !            29: .I command-string
        !            30: is made up of one or more arguments that look
        !            31: like a Shell command line,
        !            32: except that the command and file names
        !            33: may be prefixed by
        !            34: .IB system-name !\fR.\fP
        !            35: A null \fIsystem-name\fP is interpreted as the local system.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: File names may be one of
        !            38: .IP
        !            39: (1) a full path name;
        !            40: .IP
        !            41: (2) a path name preceded by
        !            42: .BI ~ user
        !            43: where
        !            44: .I user
        !            45: is a login name on the specified system
        !            46: and is replaced by that user's login directory;
        !            47: .IP
        !            48: (3) a path name prefixed by
        !            49: .BR ~;
        !            50: where
        !            51: .B ~
        !            52: is expanded to the system's public directory (usually /usr/spool/uucppublic);
        !            53: .IP
        !            54: (4) a partial pathname, which is prefixed by the current directory.
        !            55: .PP
        !            56: As an example, the command
        !            57: .IP
        !            58: uux "\^!diff usg!/usr/dan/file1 pwba!/a4/dan/file2 > !~/dan/file.diff\^"
        !            59: .PP
        !            60: will get the \fBfile1\fP and \fBfile2\fP files
        !            61: from the ``usg'' and ``pwba'' machines,
        !            62: execute a
        !            63: .IR diff (1)
        !            64: command
        !            65: and put the results in \fBfile.diff\fP in the 
        !            66: local /usr/spool/uucppublic/dan/ directory.
        !            67: .PP
        !            68: Any special shell characters, such as \fB<>;|\fP, should be quoted either
        !            69: by quoting the entire \fIcommand-string\fP, or quoting the special
        !            70: characters as individual arguments.
        !            71: .PP
        !            72: .I Uux
        !            73: will attempt to get all files to the execution system.
        !            74: For files that are output files, the file name must be escaped using
        !            75: parentheses.
        !            76: For example, the command
        !            77: .IP
        !            78: uux a!wc b!/usr/file1 \\(c!/usr/file2 \\)
        !            79: .PP
        !            80: get \fB/usr/file1\fP from system ``b'' and send it to system ``a'',
        !            81: perform a \fIwc\fP command on that file
        !            82: and send the result of the 
        !            83: .I wc
        !            84: command to system ``c''.
        !            85: .PP
        !            86: .I Uux\^
        !            87: will notify you by mail if the requested command on the remote
        !            88: system was disallowed.
        !            89: This notification can be turned off by the \fB\-n\fP option.
        !            90: .PP
        !            91: The following \fIoptions\fP are interpreted by
        !            92: .IR uux :
        !            93: .TP .5i
        !            94: .B \-
        !            95: The standard input to
        !            96: .I uux
        !            97: is made the standard input to the
        !            98: .IR command-string .
        !            99: .TP .5i
        !           100: .BI \-a name
        !           101: Use
        !           102: .I name
        !           103: as the user identification replacing the initiator user-id.
        !           104: .TP .5i
        !           105: .B \-c
        !           106: Do not copy local file to the spool directory for transfer to the remote
        !           107: machine (this is the default).
        !           108: .TP .5i
        !           109: .B \-C
        !           110: Force the copy of local files to the spool directory for transfer.
        !           111: .TP .5i
        !           112: .BI \-g grade
        !           113: .I Grade
        !           114: is a single letter/number, from
        !           115: .B 0
        !           116: to
        !           117: .BR 9 ,
        !           118: .B A
        !           119: to
        !           120: .BR Z ,
        !           121: or
        !           122: .B a
        !           123: to
        !           124: .BR z ;
        !           125: .B 0
        !           126: is the highest, and
        !           127: .B z
        !           128: is the lowest grade.
        !           129: The default is 
        !           130: .BR A ;
        !           131: by comparison
        !           132: .IR uucp (1C)
        !           133: defaults to
        !           134: .B n
        !           135: and mail is usually sent at grade
        !           136: .BR C .
        !           137: Lower grades should be specified for high-volume jobs, such as news.
        !           138: .TP .5i
        !           139: .B \-l
        !           140: Try and make a link from the original file to the spool directory.
        !           141: If the link cannot be made, copy the file.
        !           142: .TP .5i
        !           143: .B \-n
        !           144: Do not notify the user when the command completes.
        !           145: .TP .5i
        !           146: .B \-p
        !           147: Same as \-:
        !           148: The standard input to
        !           149: .I uux
        !           150: is made the standard input to the
        !           151: .IR command-string .
        !           152: .TP .5i
        !           153: .B \-r
        !           154: Do not start the file transfer, just queue the job.
        !           155: .TP .5i
        !           156: .BI \-x debug
        !           157: Produce debugging output on stdout.
        !           158: The debug is a number between 0 and 9;
        !           159: higher numbers give more detailed information. Debugging is permitted
        !           160: only for privileged users (specifically, those with read access to
        !           161: .IR L.sys (5) .
        !           162: .TP .5i
        !           163: .B \-z
        !           164: Notify the user only if the command fails.
        !           165: .TP .5i
        !           166: .B \-L
        !           167: Start up
        !           168: .I uucico
        !           169: with the \fB-L\fP flag. This will force
        !           170: calls to be made to local sites only (see
        !           171: .IR uucico (8C)).
        !           172: .SH FILES
        !           173: .PD 0
        !           174: .TP 22
        !           175: /usr/spool/uucp
        !           176: spool directories
        !           177: .TP
        !           178: /usr/lib/uucp/\(**
        !           179: UUCP configuration data and daemons
        !           180: .PD
        !           181: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           182: uucp(1C), uucico(8C), uuxqt(8C).
        !           183: .SH WARNING
        !           184: For security reasons, many installations will
        !           185: limit the list of
        !           186: commands executable on behalf of an incoming request from
        !           187: .IR uux .
        !           188: Many sites will permit little more than
        !           189: the receipt of mail (see
        !           190: .IR mail (1))
        !           191: via 
        !           192: .IR uux .
        !           193: .SH BUGS
        !           194: Only the first command of a shell pipeline may
        !           195: have a
        !           196: .IB system-name !\fR.
        !           197: All other commands are executed on the system of the first
        !           198: command.
        !           199: .PP
        !           200: The use of the shell metacharacter
        !           201: .B \(**
        !           202: will probably not do what you want it to do.
        !           203: .PP
        !           204: The shell tokens
        !           205: .B <<
        !           206: and
        !           207: .B >>
        !           208: are not implemented.
        !           209: .PP
        !           210: When invoking
        !           211: .I uux
        !           212: from
        !           213: .IR csh (1),
        !           214: the `!' character must be prefixed by the `\\' escape to inhibit
        !           215: .IR csh 's
        !           216: history mechanism. (Quotes are not sufficient.)

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